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. 2013 Oct 10;52(3):1705–1711. doi: 10.1007/s13197-013-1178-5

Table 2.

Phytate content (mg/100 g) of sorghum cultivars as affected by irradiation followed by processing

Radiation dose (KGy) Treatment Sorghum cultivars
Dabar Wad Ahmed Karamaka
0 Raw 266.00 ± 0.45a 268.00 ± 1.50a 272.00 ± 0.16a
Fermented 114.38 ± 0.42m 130.20 ± 0.12m 129.20 ± 1.98m
Cooked 223.44 ± 1.02c 211.72 ± 0.18e 217.61 ± 0.23d
Fermented cooked 155.61 ± 1.00i 166.96 ± 0.05i 160.48 ± 0.11h
5 Raw 229.56 ± 1.61b 236.11 ± 1.92b 236.37 ± 2.13b
Fermented 99.17 ± 1.04n 113.58 ± 0.12n 112.53 ± 0.11n
Cooked 196.85 ± 0.10f 185.89 ± 3.16f 191.92 ± 0.21f
Fermented cooked 136.00 ± 1.98j 147.34 ± 0.99 j 138.98 ± 0.13i
10 Raw 219.18 ± 0.17d 220.76 ± 0.11c 226.58 ± 0.05c
Fermented 97.68 ± 0.87o 110.19 ± 0.02o 132.30 ± 1.95k
Cooked 191.49 ± 0.12g 179.54 ± 0.10g 109.69 ± 0.11o
Fermented cooked 133.98 ± 0.11k 141.37 ± 2.01k 136.41 ± 0.84j
15 Raw 215.19 ± 0.18e 220.28 ± 0.06d 217.33 ±0.04e
Fermented 92.53 ± 0.19p 105.76 ± 0.12p 104.40 ± 0.12p
Cooked 181.21 ± 0.01h 171.71 ± 0.10h 176.91 ± 1.56g
Fermented cooked 126.51 ± 0.11l 135.24 ± 0.29l 131.11 ± 0.92l

Values are means ± SD (n = 3)

Means not sharing a common superscript(s) in a column are significantly different at p ≤ 0.05